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Belgrade Board of Adjustment motion to approve variances for proposed gym and kennel fails after 3–2 roll call
Summary
A motion to approve multiple variances for a proposed gym and kennel at Rizzo Lane and North Jackrabbit Road failed after a 3–2 roll call; staff had recommended denial, saying the application did not show the code-required hardship.
The Belgrade Board of Adjustment on April 22 failed to approve a package of variances requested for a proposed gym and kennel on a 0.97-acre lot at the southeast corner of Rizzo Lane and North Jackrabbit Road.
City senior planner Brad Stein presented the application and recommended denial, saying the owner had not shown the hardship required by the city code. "Staff does not recommend approval of these variances requested to setbacks and parking as this property has no actual hardship," Stein said, citing section 10.6.16(2). The applicant had asked to reduce several setbacks and to allow parking in landscape and buffer areas.
The petition asked for multiple changes to the Belgrade Flex Employment district rules: off-street parking in the front-yard setback (from 20 feet to 6 feet), in the secondary front-yard…
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